Since 1972, USA Hockey has offered a Coaching Education Program to train volunteer coaches in the technical, administrative, and humanistic skills necessary to work with amateur athletes. The USA Hockey Coaching Education Program is widely recognized within the U.S. Olympic community as one of the best, or the best, training program of its type. USA Hockey commits over $1 million to this program annually to maintain and enhance its curriculum and materials. This investment is based on three significant arguments which are universally accepted in the US amateur hockey community: